22 November 2007

If it wasn't for Lloyd and Bobblehead at CTV... that scary Stephen Harper would have slipped another one past us.

The Conservative government has announced the creation of a 10-million hectare national park and wildlife sanctuary -- an area roughly twice as large as Nova Scotia.

"Truly, a gigantic conservation initiative, not just in Canadian history but indeed around the world," said Environment Minister John Baird, who made the announcement during a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.

The designation would protect the massive swath of the boreal forest from diamond and uranium mining in the region that threatens to encroach on the area, would ban sales and leases of property and put new limits on hunting in the area.

Native leaders and environmentalists have applauded the news.

It's curiously absent from their on-line article... but it seems not everyone saw this as a good news story.

On the 11:00 pm television segment on the CTV News... uber-correspondent Bob Fife let us in on the dark side of this development... apparently Prime Minister Harper only did this to cover up his failure to implement Y2Kyoto.

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Alberta Girl
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Good thing we have Bobby to let us in on the real truth behind the actions of the Tories - yesterday on MDL he three times gave the scoop that the Tories are putting their justice package forward to take publicity away from the Mulroney affair. Guess he figured that it might have slipped by if he only said it once.

Thanks Bob - now - if you could just let us know the details of the Hidden Agenda?

About three weeks ago Harper came to NW Ontario to announce the creation of the largest marine protected area in Canada, it encompasses the entire north shore of Lake Superior. There was not one member of the national media there, and it got only local coverage.

Sure, creating a national park and oasis like this is just a clever little plan to cover up past mistakes -- correction: past LIBERAL mistakes.

I don't care whether media people are biased or not -- to each his own. But what really pisses me off is when they sit there and pontificate like that and think that we're all stupid. That's insulting, and it happens day after day.